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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Cooke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Trinh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lee Trinh has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Humberto Cooke's chin.
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177 lbs
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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humberto Cooke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lee Trinh!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trinh throws a sloppy head kick and Cooke moves out of range easily.
Cooke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cooke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Trinh feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cooke could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Trinh gets to his feet. Cooke looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Trinh scores with a jab.
A lazy left from Trinh finds it's target.
It looks like Humberto Cooke has been cut.
Trinh tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Cooke counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Trinh throws a head kick that misses.
Trinh closes the distance and pushes Cooke back into the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trinh effectively controlling the action here.
Cooke manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Trinh wants to stand but Cooke is controlling his posture from full guard.
Cooke wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke trying to control the position.
Trinh stops Cooke from standing up.
Trinh wants to pass the guard but Cooke is keeping the position.
Trinh trying to stand up but can't free himself from Cooke's guard.
Trinh wants to control from the top but Cooke keeps moving.
Trinh must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cooke wants to sweep but no luck.
Trinh tries to stand but Cooke is controlling from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Trinh postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Trinh gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Trinh manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Cooke on his heels. He'll look to pass Cooke's guard now, I'm sure.
Trinh looks winded!
Cooke keeping full guard, as Trinh tries to pass.
Trinh wanted to stand there but Cooke had control of the position.
Cooke is looking to stand up but Trinh isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Trinh trying to control the position from guard on top but Cooke is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Trinh stopping the sweep attempt from Cooke.
Cooke uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Cooke is trying hard to land a takedown here. Trinh sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cooke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Trinh, pushing him back against the cage.
Cooke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Trinh has him pressed against the cage.
Trinh pulls guard successfully.
Cooke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cooke scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trinh keeping moving, preventing Cooke from controlling successfully.
Cooke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Trinh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cooke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cooke landing some decent shots from guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cooke stopping the sweep attempt from Trinh.
Cooke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Trinh dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Humberto Cooke's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Cooke fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Trinh sprawls well initially but Cooke persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cooke takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Cooke throwing shots but Trinh is blocking nicely.
Cooke lands with a punch from half guard.
Cooke is keen to just control but Trinh is a slippery customer.
Trinh wants to sweep but Cooke has passed to side control!
Trinh managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Cooke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Trinh tries to escape but Cooke is in control.
Cooke scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooke tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Trinh is breathing heavily.
Trinh avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Cooke.
Cooke looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Trinh is avoiding damage well.
Cooke landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Cooke lands a few punches from side control.
Trinh takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cooke lands a decent elbow from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cooke is chipping away with strikes.
Cooke working the ground and pound but Trinh is defending the strikes.
Cooke misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Cooke is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Trinh knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Trinh is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cooke working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Cooke remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Cooke has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trinh dodges the ground and pound from Cooke.
Cooke controls the position.
Cooke working the ground and pound.
Cooke is working Trinh over with some ground and pound from side control.
Cooke working the ground and pound.
Trinh tries to improve position but can't.
Cooke tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cooke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trinh can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trinh is working to avoid the ground and pound but Cooke connects with a decent elbow.
Cooke is looking to take a break and control but Trinh is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cooke decides to stand up, so the ref orders Trinh to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Humberto Cooke dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Humberto Cooke's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Trinh gets caught napping as Cooke dives in and scores a takedown. Trinh manages to retain guard.
Cooke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Trinh looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cooke might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cooke throwing strikes from guard but Trinh blocks nicely.
Cooke throwing strikes from guard but Trinh blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cooke postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cooke wants to control from the top but Trinh keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trinh is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Trinh takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cooke shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Trinh is trying to defend but Cooke finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Cooke lands strikes from half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cooke connects with a nice short shot to Trinh's temple.
Cooke thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Trinh taking some punishment here, with Cooke in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Trinh can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cooke working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cooke throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cooke is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Trinh on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cooke throwing shots but Trinh is blocking nicely.
Trinh avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cooke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cooke scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cooke seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cooke working the head and body with strikes.
Trinh blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cooke.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trinh looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice takedown defense from Trinh. No joy for Cooke on that attempt.
Trinh tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cooke counters with a one-two to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trinh tries to close the distance and clinch but Cooke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cooke shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Trinh napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cooke throws a strike aimed at the side of Trinh's head but Trinh avoids it well.
Cooke working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Cooke connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Trinh some visible discomfort.
Trinh bucks up and tries to throw Cooke off but instead Cooke has got his back!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Cooke's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Humberto Cooke showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cooke has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Humberto Cooke!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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